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New Dub Project - Meditronica

Ashtech — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:52:36 GMT

Meditronica is a dub project by Ashtech and Polcari. Featuring the talents of Dub Gabriel, Raiz and Eraldo Bernocchi, it blends dub electronica with mediterranean influences.
Meditronica is produced by Ashtech and will be released worldwide in march 2009 on London-based label RareNoise.

www.myspace.com/meditronica

ASHTECH
Ashtech is a producer, bass player and solo artist. In summer 2007 he released his debut solo album “Walkin’ Target”. Produced in London by dub maestro Gaudi for canadian label Interchill Records, the album includes 4 tracks featuring the inimitable reggae vocal stylings by Cheshire Cat and has been considered a masterpiece of dub by the worldwide music press, reaching no.1 on dancetracksdigital, no. 4 on emusic (dub electronic), no. 11 in iTunes (Italy), no. 3 in the Ukraine, no. 25 on amazon.com and no. 31 on amazon.de.

POLCARI
Polcari is keyboard player, composer, and producer for Almamegretta. He has worked with international artists such as Adrian Sherwood, Bill Laswell, Temple Of Sound, Zion Train, Horace Andy, Dave White and Sandy Hoover, Gaudi,Tarseem Singh, Koreja, Sosho and many more.

DUB GABRIEL
Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Dub Gabriel has been one of the leaders of Dub Music in America for over the past 10 years. He has performed all over the US, Europe and China and has worked with the likes as Meat Beat Manifesto, Dr. Israel, Scientist, Michael Stipe and countless others.Dub Gabriel’s last record, “Bass Jihad” (azra records) received radio airplay in over 600-radio stations worldwide and reached the top 10 CMJ World Music radio charts in America, where it stayed for over 2 months.

ERALDO BERNOCCHI
Eraldo Bernocchi, guitarist, sound designer and producer, has worked extensively with international artists such as Nils Petter Molvaer, Harold Budd, Bill Laswell, Toshinori Kondo, Zu, Almamegretta, Raiz and Mick Harris.

RAIZ
Raiz, the historical voice of Almamegretta and now solo artist has collaborated with many artists such as Massive Attack, Leftfield, Adrian Sherwood, Gaudi, Eraldo Bernocchi, Bill Laswell, Stewart Copeland, Zion Train.

www.myspace.com/meditronica

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Dub Gabriel/Brooklyn Massive March 2008 Newsletter

dubgabriel — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:34:20 GMT

BROOKLYN MASSIVE/DUB GABRIEL MARCH 2008 NEWSLETTER

We are proud to introduce our BROOKLYN MASSIVE DIGITAL
RECORD STORE.
A little crude in appearance right now, but fully
functional, the Brooklyn Massive Digital Store
featuring hundreds of MP3’s for sale. It is set up to
have the feel of a small record shop that you will
grow to love and trust.
All selections hand picked by the Brooklyn Massive
crew. We have unreleased music by Dub Gabriel as well
as hard to find music by Baraka Foundation Records,
Baboon Records all available at 320kbs MP3’s as well
as other members of the Brooklyn Massive crew and a
large selection of recommended artist.
All sales go directly to the artist, no middlemen like
other digital downloads site and new music constantly
being added!.
To check out our store and start diving into getting
some great mp3’s, go to-

www.brooklynmassive.com

N.I.C. IN DUB INVADES FRANCE.
The N.I.C. IN DUB album is out now in France on
HammerBass Records.
Featuring an allstar cast of Dub and Punk Pedigree
including Ted Parsons (Swans/Prong), Keith Levene
(P.I.L.), Youth (Killing Joke), Dub Gabriel ft.
Infinity, Twilight Circus, Dalek, JK Flesh
(Godflesh/Jesu), Scotty Hard and others.
It is getting great reviews as well as the Dub Gabriel
ft. Infinity track getting lots of love on the radio
in Paris.

http://www.wtm-paris.com/radio.html

Mardi, 12h30 / 14h30, 89.4 fm + streaming : live

771 WRECK THIS MESS 12H30/14H30 MARDI 19/02/08 RADIO
LIBERTAIRE 89.4 PARIS

BRAIN DAMAGE + BART PLANTENGA - The Beer Mystics Last
Day On The Planet
DUB GABRIEL - Armandguideion (ft. Infinity) [1]
DIRECT CONNECTION - Psychodub
AL-HACA - FightClub Mix (feat. Benski DJ, RQM & CEE)
[extrait]
DJ MILITANT [dub step & minimal techno mix #2/5]
CASUALTY - Bad Dreams
DIRECT CONNECTION - Dubhead (Sotokkan remix)
DJ SPOOKY vs BADAWI - Jihad Remix [2]
SUB VERSION - Soul-Jah Boogie [3]
DJ MILITANT [dub step & minimal techno mix #14/17]
TELEDUBGNOSIS vs N.I.C. [sans titre] [1]
AMIT - Too Many Freedoms
DARQWAN - Ghost Not Memory [4]
GATEKEEPER - Tomb [5]
DJ DISTANCE + CRAZY D - Worries Again [6]
KING SOLY - Tamil Dub [3]
KODE9 - Stung [3]
NEIL LANDSTRUMM - Mike Grimes
V/A:
[1] from NECESSARY INTERGALACTIC COOPERATION "In Dub"
[2] from RAZ MESINAI'S BADAWI "Unit Of Resistance"
[3] from BOX OF DUB 2 "Dubstep And Future Dub"
[4] from 10 TONS HEAVY
[5] from SKULL DISCO "Soundboy Punishments"
[6] from "Mary Anne Hobbs (presents)" WARRIOR DUBZ

Speaking of Scotty Hard, A great brother on the board
for the NIC album as well as on the next Dub Gabriel
album and tons of other albums by Prince Paul to
Medeski, Martin and Wood has been in a serious car
accident.
There will be an all-star benefit for him that if you
are in the New York area, we can’t recommend going to
highly enough.
Scotty is a brother and we here at Brooklyn Massive
have nothing but the best things to say about Scotty
both personally and professionally as a
producer/musician.
Get well Scotty!!
Here is the info on the benefit show.

Music producer Scott Harding has recently been partly
paralyzed in a car crash in New York and without any
health insurance he is facing very large medical fees.
To assist Scotty during this difficult time a large
group of top modern jazz musicians from Soulive to
Medeski Martin & Wood have come together to help raise
money. On 03.19.08 a special benefit show will be
held at Highline Ballroom with 100% of proceeds will
be going to the Scotty Hard Trust. The night includes
performances from John Scofield, John Medeski, Billy
Martin, Bill Laswell, Eric Krasno, Neal Evans, Marco
Benevento, Joe Russo, Antibalas, Sex Mob, DJ Logic,
John Ellis, Michael Blake, Vijay Iyer, Tommy Hamilton,
and Kevin Kendrick. Tickets start at $35 for general
admission, $50 for VIP balcony seating, and $65 for
VIP floor, which also includes meet and greet after
the show. Without question this will be a night of
incredible music and it goes without saying that fan
support is essential.

Balkan Beat Box Remix
Dub Gabriel recently was enlisted by Balkan Beat Box
and their European Label Crammed Disc to do a remix of
their track Hermetico.
For the Remix Dub brought onboard San Francisco
producer Kush Arora.
The two of them together did an amazing remix for the
project that will surely kill it on any dance floor.
Get a sneak peak of the Dub Gabriel/Kush Arora remix
on Dub Gabriel’s myspace page @
www.myspace.com/dubgabriel

BAMBU BROTHER ALBUM FINALLY OUT!!!
After over 2 years of delay, the Bambu Brother album
is finally out.
Bambu Brother album is a side project with Dub Gabriel
and Kerac with help from DJ Goo and Michael
Fossenkemper.
It is a global stew of dance floor jems.
Make sure to pick up the limited edition Jewel Case @
amazon and fine record shops worldwide.
http://www.amazon.com/Bambu-Brothers/dp/B000WCBR62/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1204533437&sr=8-2
or of course available at I-Tunes, E-Music and digital
stores everywhere (including the Brooklyn Massive
store!)

DR. ISRAEL IN THE STUDIO!!
Dr. Israel is back in the studio to work on his next
album. This time the good Doctor has Bill Laswell
producing it.
Doc has been working allot with Bill these days in
such projects as Praxis, Methods of Defiance and a new
project with Laswell, Guy, Dr. Know from Bad Brains
and Bernie Worell.
On Doc’s next album look for contributions by Bill
Laswell, Mad Professor, Dub Gabriel, DJ Kiva, Mark
Pistel and many others, it should be hot!!!

ITALIAN DUB PROJECT.
In the studio right now is Meditronica. A new Dub
Project featuring Raiz, Ashtech and Paolo Polcari from
Italian legendary Dub group Almamegretta as well as
Eraldo Bernocchi (Charged/Black Engine) and Dub
Gabriel.
Be on the look out for a release later this year.

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Nomadiqa Release Ethnic Fusion Album

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:30:12 GMT

Hi Folks,
We recently released our debut album. It's a mix of electronic and ethnic/arabian styles, some downtempo, and some eastern european influences also. Just thinking it might be of interest to the folks in this tribe who like this kind of material and vibe.

There's four full tracks available to listen online.

http://www.myspace.com/nomadiqa

Have a listen and see what you think. Sorry for the self promotion.

Many thanks,

Nomadiqa
http://www.nomadiqa.com

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STATELESS at Rickshaw Stop 8.24: Timeblind, Mexican Dubwiser and More

Andy G — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:51:07 GMT

This weekend stands to be a serious one for beats inna SF. STATELESS on Friday, Surya Dub on Saturday! Big.... Check it!

STATELESS
worldwide electronic beat culture
presented by Six Degrees Records, SF

Friday August 24th @ Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell St.)
doors at 9pm, session until 2am
$10 at the gate

(Live PA + DJ set) TIMEBLIND
(Soot, Orthlorng Musork, Tigerbeat6- Berlin/NY) www.myspace.com/timeblind
techno, UK garage, dubstep, kuduro, minimal..

(DJ set) MEXICAN DUBWISER
(Dubwise Sessions, LA) www.myspace.com/mexicandubwiser
spinning hip hop, rock cumbia mashups, electronicos..

residents:
Roots and Wires Sound Dimensional www.rootsandwires.com
echo chamber of original material and live dubbing crossing from dubstep to UK steppers to ragga jungle

The Worker www.myspace.com/dwurkur
dj set of international house, techno, minimal and breakbeat

Live video mixing by Special Agent K

free download cards courtesy of Six Degrees Records

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DIALECT w/ James F!@.$%^ Friedman, DD Pesh, Karsh Kale + Zakhm :: Friday, July 13th @ Mehanata (nyc)

zakhm — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:39:33 GMT

. friday, july 13th .

Kollektiv presents...

D I A L E C T

· nyc global glitch ·

Featuring:

JAMES F!@.$%^ FRIEDMAN

DD PESH

With Residents:
KARSH KALE
ZAKHM

Visuals By:
VJ FULL STEALTH featuring CARLO DJ on live camera

@ MEHANATA (Bulgarian Bar)
113 Ludlow between Rivington and Delancey

10:00 PM - 4:00 AM :: $10 Cover

We've got a major summer banger comin' up for the DIALECT revelers roamin' the NYC streets and we're moving to Fridays at Mehanata! JAMES F!@.$%^ FRIEDMAN drops inspired and eclectic cuts from all over the electronica spectrum alongside the infamous production / DJ duo DD PESH, bringing the knowledge and crunk for all y'all. As if that were not enough ZAKHM and KARSH KALE drop extra special doses of music without boundaries for New York City's vagabonds on a backdrop of mushroom-binge visuals by VJ FULL STEALTH and CARLO DJ on live camera. Put on your red shoes and dance with me.

http://kollektivmusic.com/dialect/

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Rob Smith of Smith & Mighty in SF June 8th

Andy G — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:04:54 GMT

RICKSHAW STOP FRIDAY JUNE 8TH.

Featuring Live and Direct from Bristol, UK!

The Legendary ROB SMITH (Smith & Mighty, More Rockers)
In his first San Francisco appearance in over five years.

Along side the STATELESS Crew:
Roots and Wires Sound Dimensional Audiovisual System
The Worker

international beats in many flavors..dub, dubstep, breakbeat, drum n bass, techno

live video mixing from the SAK.

Friday June 8th 2007
Doors at 9 PM, Session until 2 AM
$10 at the gate
Rickshaw Stop (155 Fell St.)

More info at myspace.com/sfstateless

Reach Early! Stay Late!

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Sub Swara 019:: June 1::SS Meets Dub War + Kush Arora (From Brooklyn to SF Album Release)

vanita — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:43:36 GMT

This one has been a LONG time coming! 2 beacons of big speaker NYC bass culture come together on the same stage as Sub Swara meets Dub War. We'll also be hosting the east coast album release of our bredren, Kush Arora's ground-breaking massive new album, From Brooklyn to SF (prominently featuring SS's and Dub War's own Juakali on several tracks).

The lo-FreQuency High vibration Culture of Sub Swara meets the pioneering Stateside dubstep crew that is Dub War on six point Avalon Sound. Plus Kush Arora running a live dub session. Ya Know?!

Check out an exclusive audio sampler of Kush Arora's massive new album (www.subswara.com/KushAroraJu...r1better.mp3 ) and be sure to grab Joe Nice's URB Next 100 promo mix (www.joenice.net/files/mixes/URB/mix.zip ) -- pure dub plate presha!! For those who don; tknow, Dub War resident Joe Nice was voted one of the URB Next 100 for 2007 -- Dub Step getting respect yo!

Details:

Sub Swara 019
Friday June 1, 2007
Sub Swara meets Dub War
Plus Special Guest Kush Arora (live dub session with Juakali pon da mic| Album release party for From Brooklyn to SF)

Dub War Residents:
Joe Nice
Dave Q
Juakali

Sub Swara Residents:
Dhruva
Sunder
Haj
Juakali

Visualist: Pictureman

Element
225 Houston @ Essex
10 PM-4AM
$15 door/$10 Advance

About Dub War

Dub War is New York's seminal dubstep night, and the first event of its kind in North America. Started in June 2005 to push the sounds of UK dubstep and other forms of underground dub music, it has introduced top name UK DJ's to US audiences, including Kode 9, Loefah, Mala of Digital Mystikz, and Skream.

Top US dubsteppers Joe Nice (one of URB's Next 100 for 2007), Dave Q, and MC Juakali are the Dub War residents,
and they can be found spreading the bassweight across the US and abroad. Dub War has been featured in Urb, XLR8R, ArtForum, and TimeOut NY. Also watch for Dub War Recordings #02 in stores soon featuring Random Trio Productions from London. Visit www.dubwarnyc.com for more info.

About Kush Arora

One of the closest bredren in the extended Sub Swara family, Kush Arora makes his much anticipated NYC debut at Sub Swara 018. His new album, From Brooklyn to SF, is set to blow minds across the globe. It is a journey through Dread Bass, dub/dubstep, hip hop and desi inflected digi dancehall , featuring several of the most adventurous vocalists and musicians in North America. From the deep meditative dub of Seed Halfi Grow to the full on dancefloor bass weight of Spread the Word, the album redefines the musical landscape. Kush has shared the bill with Dr. Isreal, Sf's Dhamaal Soundsystem, opened for Theivery Corp, and regularly plays the 10 year long running Dub Mission in San Francisco. Currently he holds a monthly residency at Surya Dub located at SF's Club 6 with contemporaries forging the Dread Bass movement internationally and will be performing his signature dubwise live PA set at Sub Swara alongside SS's own MC Juakali. Visit www.kusharora.com and www.myspace.com/kusharoramusic for more info.

Links:

www.subswara.com
www.myspace.com/subswara
www.elementny.com
www.myspace.com/joenice
www.dubwarnyc.com
www.myspace.com/dubwarnyc
www.kusharora.com
www.myspace.com/kusharoramusic
www.myspace.com/kusharora
www.myspace.com/dhruvamusic
www.myspace.com/juakali
www.myspace.com/freekusmaximus

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Nickodemus, Navdeep, Karsh Kale and more @ DIALECT :: Wednesday 4/25 :: NYC

zakhm — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:47:21 GMT

Kollektiv presents...
D I A L E C T
· nyc global glitch ·

Featuring:
NICKODEMUS (Turntables on the Hudson)
NAVDEEP (Anamika Records, Mutiny NYC)
PEDRO (CoSM, Reality Engine, Interchill)

With Residents:
KARSH KALE (Kollektiv, Mighty Junn Productions)
ZAKHM (Kollektiv, Mutiny NYC)

Visuals By:
VJ FULL STEALTH featuring CARLO DJ on live camera

@ MEHANATA (Bulgarian Bar)
113 Ludlow between Rivington and Delancey

9:00 PM - 3:00 AM :: $10 Cover :: $7 Reduced via kollektivmusic.com

Join the rock steady Kollektiv crew with an all-star lineup for a sweaty global glitch throwdown at LES underground spot Mehanata. Old skool to the true skool, we're bringing exotic beats and bangers to satisfy your dance floor cravings. Spectrasonics courtesy of New York's very own Nickodemus, infamous turn-tabla master Navdeep, Pedro from CoSM, residents Karsh Kale and Zakhm and mushroom-binge visuals by VJ Full Stealth. Music to make you touch me. Don't miss this.

http://kollektivmusic.com/dialect/

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STATELESS - 9/30 (sat) @ Amnesia - featuring wailing junktet and roots and wires hi-fi!

khenu — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:01:15 GMT

hello friends,

thanks to all that came out for filastine's performance last month - it was a truly inspiring set for a comfortably packed house. we will have some photos up soon on the roots and wires website...

this saturday, september 30th, we return with the ninth round of stateless, again at SF's amnesia. for our live act, we are excited to bring you the wailing junktet, performing brazillian rhythms on found junk objects... they were killer at the recent novo sounds event (at the supper club)...

our guest dj is vanka, who hosts the misturada event at club six. here's a blurb that xlr8r's tomas palermo wrote about him:

"DJ Vanka has tapped into a vibe that clubs like Bar Rhumba in London have been promoting for years: organic and electronic Afro-Latin dance music. Vanka's hardly late to the game, though; he DJed for 10 years with Stellar Trax soundsystem, playing everything from reggae to drum 'n' bass. Now the Belgian native focuses his energies on the Worldwide crew (which includes DJs Wisdom and Ruben) and makes sure the Make-Out Room is packed with dancers every Saturday for Misturada (Portuguese for "mixed"). As Vanka works his way through a mix of salsa, samba, reggaeton, cumbia, Latin house, and Brazilian batucada breaks, the place becomes a sweatbox of swirling bodies"

wicked!

resident dj, the worker (six degrees, stateless), will drop his usual dancefloor magic, with everything from baile funk to ragga breaks.

the roots and wires hi-fi will close out the night, in full soundsystem style - with both original productions and the thickest selections, from dubstep and ragga-jungle, old school bollywood and asian massive, to uk steppers and roots reggae... their performance will be dubbed live with analogue delays, siren and sound units, melodica and more...

finally, the stateless crew will tag-team and provide visual mixing to complete the multimedia mandala...

make sure to come out for a diverse night of outernational and rootsical sounds, live and electronic, roots and wires...

the night starts at 9PM and goes until 2AM. the cover is only $5. the location is amnesia, 853 valencia - between 19th and 20th...

peace,

khenu (special agent k)

www.rootsandwires.com

http://www.myspace.com/rootsandwires

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travelling through

layliasbadmonkeys — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:22:33 GMT

visiting until thursday..
looking for suggestions on places to see, and new people to meet while I am an Germany
Thanks!

www.laylia.com

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THIS MONDAY IN NY-DEEP SPACE W/ FRANCOIS K., DUB GABRIEL, UMAR BIN HASSAN (LAST POETS), SATISH!!!!

dubgabriel — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 11:23:36 GMT

Hey everyone, I just arrived back in New York to visit and to kick off a tour doing 20 shows around the United States.
For the last 8 months I have been living in Berlin and it has been a total trip.
It feels good to be back in the states and I am hoping to see all my New York friends together this Monday at Deep Space where I will be doing my only NY show.
It will be a special night doing an all-live global dub soundsystem with Last Poets legend Umar Bin Hassan, who also was on the last Common record as well as Trumpet playing madman Satish on horn and electronics.
And of course resident DJ, Francois K.
Please come and join me, catch up with good friends in a fun night!!

DEEP SPACE AND BROOKLYN MASSIVE
PRESENT
DUB GABRIEL' S BROOKLYN MASSIVE SOUNDSYSTEM (FIRST
TIME BACK IN NY SINCE MOVING TO BERLIN, DUB GABES ONLY
LIVE NY SHOW!!!! A NIGHT NOT TO MISS!!!)
FEATURING
UMAR BIN HASSAN (LAST POETS)
SATISH (TRUMPETS AND ELECTRONICS)
DUB GABRIEL (LIVE SOUNDSYSTEM)
RESIDENT DJ
FRANCOIS K.
MONDAY, JUNE 12TH
930pm (DUB GABRIEL ON AT 10PM!!!)
@
Cielo
18 Little West 12th Street
between Washington Street and 9th Avenue NYC
Admission is $10, $5 before 10pm
For additional information visit:
www.deepspacenyc.com

Step back, all ye wannabe rappers and check out one of
the originals who made hip hop possible. Before Africa
Bambaata was throwing parties in the Bronx, before
Prince Whipper Whip was rocking with the Fantastic 5
and before the Rock Steady Crew ever attempted their
first windmills, Umar Bin Hassan and the Last Poets
were making rhythm and poetry live on the streets of
Harlem.
Thirty years later a number of the more socially and
politically conscious emcees are planning a tribute
album to the Last Poets featuring Common, Dead
Prez, Chuck D, Keith Murray, Buckshot, Kanye West,
Erykah Badu and others.
Since 1999, Brooklyn Producer/DJ Dub Gabriel and Last
Poets’s founder Umar Bin Hassan have collaborated in
many ways.
First with Umar’s now legendary appearance on Dub
Gabriel’s Baraka Orchestra album, Then with Dub
Gabriel and Prof. Shehab releasing Umar’s album
produced by Bill Laswell. Gabriel’s Current album
“Bass Jihad” is a modern Middle Eastern Dub
masterpiece being compared by Billboard magazine to
Brian Eno as well as on the best of 2005 list from
many magazines and radio stations from around the
world.
The night will be a celebration of not only the return
meeting of these two artist, but also it will be the
first time Dub Gabriel is in New York since moving to
Berlin Germany 8 months ago.
This legendary night will feature Dub Gabriel\s
Brooklyn Massive soundsystem doing all live dubbing
and music creating. as well as Trumpet maestro Satish
on the dub trumpet and surprise guest!!
and of course your host and pilot for the evening on
the ones and twos Mr. Francois K.!!

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PUMA/WORLD CUP PARTY TONIGHT IN BERLIN=JAZZANOVA,DUB GABRIEL, GENETIC DRUGS, SUZY WONG, MARK HYPE=CAFE MOSKAU

dubgabriel — Mon, 29 May 2006 17:25:09 GMT

PUMA PRE OPENING PARTY FOR WORLD CUP/AFRICA
TONIGHT
FEATURING

Jazzanova
Dub Gabriel
Genetic Drugs
Marc Hype
Suzi Wong
Sick Girls
Kiss FM DJ\s
and many others

CAFE MOSKAU
KARL MARX ALLEE 34
BERLIN
29/5/2006
DOORS AT 22HR

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Desmond Dekker has died

Vince — Fri, 26 May 2006 08:25:36 GMT

News report here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5018910.stm

A sad day........

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DUB GABRIEL LIVE=BERLIN/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON DC/TUSCAN/PORTLAND

dubgabriel — Wed, 24 May 2006 16:45:04 GMT

DAWN OF THE JUGGERNAUTS
massive bass gathering: crooked dancehall, heavy
dubvibes, drums, bass, turntables, vocals, live
dubbing .... it's all there, kids!

DAWN OF THE JUGGERNAUTS
live: sun ra bullock (postjunglist rudebwoy mutations)
live: dub gabriel brooklyn massive sound system (outrnational dubstyles)
live: x.a.cute (harmolodic dub)
live: "das aaron" (lunatic dancehall & crumbled hip-hop)

djs: massaka (klangkrieg) & wolfgang noise (x.a.cute sound system)

FRIDAY, MAY 26TH
10PM
@
BASTARD
KASTANIENALLEE 7=9
BERLIN
MORE INFO
http://www.myspace.com/xacutesoundsystem
http://www.myspace.com/dubgabriel
http://www.clubbastard.de

DEEP SPACE AND BROOKLYN MASSIVE
PRESENT
DUB GABRIEL' S BROOKLYN MASSIVE SOUNDSYSTEM (FIRST
TIME BACK IN NY SINCE MOVING TO BERLIN, DUB GABES ONLY
LIVE NY SHOW!!!! A NIGHT NOT TO MISS!!!)
FEATURING
UMAR BIN HASSAN (LAST POETS)
SATISH (TRUMPETS AND ELECTRONICS)
DUB GABRIEL (LIVE SOUNDSYSTEM)
PLUS SPECIAL GUEST
RESIDENT DJ
FRANCOIS K.
MONDAY, JUNE 12TH
930pm (DUB GABRIEL ON AT 10PM!!!)
@
Cielo
18 Little West 12th Street
between Washington Street and 9th Avenue NYC
Admission is $10, $5 before 10pm
For additional information visit:
www.deepspacenyc.com
http://www.myspace.com/dubgabriel
www.umarbinhassan.com/

WASHINGTON DC
DUB GABRIEL ( DJ SET)
WED. JUNE 14TH
10PM
@
SCIENCE CLUB
1136 19th STREET NW
WASHINGTON DC
MORE INFO
www.scienceclubdc.com
http://www.myspace.com/dubgabriel

TUSCAN, AZ
DR. ISRAELS DREADTONE INTERNATIONAL
DUB GABRIELS BROOKLYN MASSIVE SOUNDSYSTEM
THUR. JULY 6TH
8PM
SOLAR CULTURE GALLERY
31 EAST TOOLE
TUSCAN, ARIZONA
www.solarculture.org

PORTLAND OREGON
DR. ISRAELS DREADTONE INTERNATIONAL
DUB GABRIEL AND HIS BROOKLYN MASSIVE SOUNDSYSTEM (LIVE SOUNDSYSTEM)
JULY 13
9PM
DOUG FIR
830 E BURNSIDE
PORTLAND
http://www.dougfirlounge.com

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DHAMAAL 7 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SAT 4.29 @ Club Six

Maneesh_Twister — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:13:31 GMT

Over the last seven years, the Dhamaal crew has created cutting edge music, video, art and events that tap into the rich culture of South Asia, while creating a future-forward style all their own. The crew has won numerous awards including SF's "Best of Bay" twice, been broadcast all over the world from John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show to NPR, has released albums in the US, Japan & India, and has produced three month-long festivals and several massive club events at Club Six and 1015 Folsom, making Dhamaal events the largest and longest running showcase of South Asian infused electronica events in the world! Also Dhamaal recently started it's weekly radio show on ImaginAsian Network which broadcasts worldwide every Friday from 10am-12noon PST at www.imaginasianradio.com/dhamaal/

On April 29th Dhamaal celebrates Seven years of the most unique club experience in the country, with a patented blend of bangin’ bass heavy breaks, drum’n’bass, dub, ragga, bhangra, live South Asian folk & classical, tabla, emcees, and wicked visuals.

Dhamaal welcomes internationally renowned producer and dj Cheb i Sabbah (Six Degrees) and dhol champion Mitch Hyare. Also Maneesh the Twister & Kush Arora will perform a live laptop/dj hybrid dub set. Expect world bass, beats and breaks with a ragga touch from djs Janaka Selekta & Maneesh the Twister, plus a special bhangra breakbeat set by guest dj Jimmy Love of Non Stop Bhangra. Also on hand will be Senegalese sensation Samba Guisse on the mic, Dhamaal’s stellar video DJs Skip Intro and El Diablo, and live tabla accompaniment by Shabi Farooq & Ferhan Qureshi. There will also be special guests Riffat Sultana (daughter of Salamat Ali Khan), featuring Shiraz Ali Khan (guitar) and Ferhan (tabla) who will perform live South Asian classical, qawalli, & folk music in the Azaad lounge. As always Dhamaal transforms the venue with fine art paintings by NYoMI to create space like no other!

Dhamaal expands to 3 Rooms of Bangin Bass Heavy Breaks, Bhangra, D’n’B, S. Asian Folk & Classical, plus live Tabla & MC!

Dark Room
Very Special Guest Cheb i Sabbah (Six Degrees) +
Mitch Hyare (Dhol Champion)
Maneesh the Twister & Kush Arora (live laptop/dj set)

Surya Vault
World Bass, Beats and Breaks
Janaka Selekta & Maneesh the Twister
Special Guest DJ Jimmy Love (Non Stop Bhangra)
Samba Guisse on the Mic
Video DJs Skip Intro (Farewell Performance) and El Diablo & Ohashu
Shabi & Ferhan on Tabla

Azaad lounge
Live South Asian Classical & Folk Music featuring Special Guests
Riffat Sultana & party featuring Shiraz Ali Khan (guitar) and Ferhan (tabla)

Fine Art by NYoMI
Flyer Design by Kai-wen

Club Six
Saturday, April 29th, 2006
60 6th St b/w Mission & Market
$10 adv w/flyer or printout at www.dhamaalsf.com/Dhamaal7y...ntTix.pdf/ $15 door
21 + : 9:30pm-3:30am
info@dhamaalsf.com
www.dhamaalsf.com
Also catch Janaka & Maneesh on DJ Push's www.FutureBreaks.FM show this Sat afternoon from 4-5pm on KUSF 90.1FM or worldwide at www.kusf.org

Yes Folks, all this wouldn't have been possible without you so please come and celebrate with us, relive old memories, or turn on newbies to the Dhamaal sound!

peace&vibes
Dhamaal crew!

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Sub Swara ::009 Thursday May 11th + SS on tour

dhruva — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 01:10:51 GMT

Hard to believe it but we're almost at the year anniversary of the Sub Swara monthly! But before then, here are the happs... There will be one last Sub Swara before the the crew takes off on tour for most of the summer so you'll definitely want to come through and check out what's poppin' before we hit the road (tour details below).

SS 009 truly captures the quintessential Sub Swara vibe. Thumpin' midtempo stompers, to the low freq grime swing, to funkt out glitch bombs, to full throttle breaks, injected with live tabla, scratchin' and a global sensibility, SS009 is all about bringin' you the bounce -- it's spring time aint' it?

Joining us will be Nerm -- DJ, producer, and founder of London's internationally acclaimed Shiva Soundsystem (www.shivasoundsystem.co.uk), and special guest resident, DJ Nasha --those of you who saw his steamin' world-wise breakbeat set with us last time already know why he is India's top DJ and DMC Champion (www.djnasha.com). Comin' atcha from London, Mumbai, NYC and beyond, Sub Swara::009 drops Thursday May 11th.

Sub Swara :: 009
Thursday May 11th @ The Sullivan Room
218 Sullivan Between Bleecker and W. 3rd
$10 | for $8 reduced price email info@subswara.com
10pm - 4am | 21+
www.subswara.com

SS on Tour:

Dhruva, Sunder, and Haj are swingin' through a town near you...

Thursday June 8th Santa Monica, CA - Haj @ Megaton
at The Mor Bar

Thursday June 15th Portland, OR - Sub Swara Crew & State of Bengal
at the Fez Ballroom

Friday June 16th Seattle, WA - Sub Swara Crew & State of Bengal
at the Nectar Lounge

Saturday June 17th Ashland, OR - Sub Swara
at Emerge-N-See

Thursday June 29th Vancouver, BC Canada Sub Swara Crew & State of Bengal at Beats without Borders
at The Red Room

Friday June 30th San Francisco, CA - Sub Swara Crew & State of Bengal
Electric Vardo at Club Six

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DUB GABRIEL LIVE IN BERLIN, NAPOLI AND NEW YORK!!!

dubgabriel — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:41:21 GMT

April, 15 TH=BERLIN, GERMANY
Radiomultikulti - Funkhaus Europa
http://www.multikulti.de
Berlin - Cologne - Bremen,
CYBERJAM EASTER SESSIONS ON AIR - 8 hours live jam -
starting on the 15th of April at 8 p.m. - ending on
the 16th of April at 4 a.m. - LIVE INTERVIEWS WITH:
--- SWAMI --- KARSH KALE --- BOB DUSKIS (Six Degres
Records) --- DUB GABRIEL --- llisten live on
http://www.multikulti.de
DUB GABRIEL ON AROUND 11pm! (BERLIN TIME) 5PM NY
TIME!!

MAY 4TH=NAPOLI, ITALY
DUB GABRIEL
RISING SOUTH
SAN SEBASTIANO 19
http://www.risingsouth.it

MAY 26TH= BERLIN, GERMANY
BASTARD CLUB
KASTANIENALLEE 7-9
LIVE
DUB GABRIELS BROOKLYN MASSIVE SOUNDSYSTEM
X.A. CUTE
AARON GREEN
DJS
WOLFGANG NOISE
SONNENBURG
MASSAKA

JUNE 12TH= NEW YORK, USA
CEILO
LITTLE WEST 12TH STREET
DEEP SPACE AND BROOKLYN MASSIVE
PRESENT
DUB GABRIEL W/UMAR BIN HASSAN (LAST POETS) AND
SATISH(TRUMPET) WITH FRANCOIS K

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SOM'MA & Professor Shehab Live @ the Brooklyn Lyceum + Sat. 2-11-06 (Ambient Persian Electronica)

sharif — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:17:57 GMT

SOM'MA & Professor Shehab Live @ the Brooklyn Lyceum
Saturday Feb 11th - “Norooz” Live Persian Electronica
227 4th Ave, Brooklyn, NY - Tickets $10

With an intelligence of spirit where the ancient and modern converse, Som’ma will be weaving a musically rich tapestry of electronica, dub and the Persian dastgah for audiences in the east coast.

From San Francisco Som’ma has performed throughout the west coast at numerous festivals and events in Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland, Berkeley and San Francisco.

Leila Sadeghi performing Middle Eastern Dance & special guest appearences.

www.sommamusic.com
www.jefstott.com
www.embarkarecords.com
www.brooklynlyceum.com

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1/28-DUB GABRIEL-RADIO MULTI KULTI PARTY-GLOBAL PLAYERS-BERLIN!!!

dubgabriel — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:05:10 GMT

Radio Multi Kulti & Club Deewane
Present
Global Players
Featuring
DUB GABRIEL (New York/Brooklyn Massive)
DANIEL BAX (Ali Baba Soundsystem)
WEKAS GABA feat. SAIDUL (Club Deewane)
JÖRG BUNTENBACH (tangokultur.info)

STYLES:
WORLD BEAT ELECTRONICS, DUB, NU ORIENTAL, LATIN, BALKAN, DANCEFLOOR TANGO, BRAZIL, BOLLYWOOD, GLOBAL POP CLASH

LIVE:
LA CHATA CON SU GENTE
-Flamencoperformance mit Gesang, Gitarre, Tanz-
Katja Piening mit Ensemble

Ab 22:30H LOUNGE:
ASIAN MOVIE präsentiert von RAPIDEYEMOVIES:

SHARK SKIN MAN AND HIP PEACH GIRL
Japan 1998, 108min.

Saturday, January 28th
ABENDKASSE 8€ | VVK 6€

LOCATION:
PEARL AM GENDARMENMARKT
Mohrenstr.17b /Ecke Friedrichstr.
U2 U6 Stadtmitte
Berlin, Germany
More Info: www.club-deewane.com

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KollektivChicago-Jan18th-Sonotheque

radiohiro — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 22:15:44 GMT

KollektivChicago-Jan18th-Sonotheque

Wednesday, January 18th
Bombay Beatbox and Six Degrees Records present:
KOLLEKTIV CHICAGO - The Sound Of Breaking Ground with...

JANAKA SELEKTA - voted San Francisco's #1 DJ
(Dhamaal SF-Kollektiv-Burningman '05 'Opulent Temple' Throw down)

along with Kollektiv's DJ WARP and RADIOHIRO

Mindnumbing video by: VideoJanitor, 3PHASE, and Baseshot Scenario
-Opening grooves by DJ Dhakfu
-Live percussion by Jamoflage

at SONOTHEQUE, 1444 W.Chicago Ave. CHICAGO, USA 312-226-7600

too much info? here's more! ; )
www.dhamaalsf.com (janaka selekta info)
www.radiohiro.com (Chicago represents, free music downloads)
www.sonotheque.org (club info and directions)
www.kollektivmusic.com (International kult of DJ's feat.Karsh Kale)
www.sixdegreesrecords.com (our sponsor...show us the love)

CHICAGO'S ONLY ASIAN MASSIVE BREAKS NIGHT

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Dub Gabriel in LA Weekly this week!!

dubgabriel — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:23:13 GMT

JANUARY 6 - 12, 2006

Zeitlist: Culture
Rock Like an Egyptian
a.k.a. The Year in Greg Burk: Metal Went Mideastern, Paul Rodgers became Freddie Mercury, and Diana Krall did not become Ella Fitzgerald
by GREG BURK

Part One: The Resurgence of Nile-ism

The day after the planes hit the towers four years ago, Bush shoulda converted to Islam. Same God, what’s the problem?

Instead, just like in one of those reelybad cinémas d’horreur, George blew the lid off hell, releasing all the Mideast’s demons and undamming a Euphrates of blood that’s soaked into the very pores of our collective unconscious. By 2005, the myths of the Fertile Crescent were even hijacking our music.

Normally we prefer to take our pharaonic river spirits with a dash of musical comedy, like Duke’s “Caravan” or Sam the Sham or the Bangles or even Sun Ra. But when Bush Sr.’s 1991 Gulf War got cranking, things turned ugly. That year, the Swedish black-metal band Marduk (gore-drenched chief god of Babylon) introduced itself to the world with Fuck Me Jesus, whose cover depicted a nude woman pleasuring herself with a crucifix. South Carolina death-metalers Nile raised up their Egyptian-inspired fist in 1995. East Coast metal impalers Mastodon broke through in 2004 with a combination of Moby Dick theme, iconic graphics and an album titled Leviathan (Phoenicia’s and Isaiah’s dread sea serpent). In the past 12 months, though, the musical counterconquest of the West hit high gear. As in:

1. Nile, Annihilation of the Wicked (Relapse). Between twangly pseudo-Ionian Karl Sanders instros, George Kollias’ double-kick fury tosses you into the turbine and spits you out like hamburger. Typically klassy Relapse cover art.

2. Behemoth, Demigod (Olympic). Formed in 1991 (!), our Polish allies Behemoth (the landgoing Phoenician mythic equivalent to Leviathan) spew surging black metal so fusionistically proficient as to rival Tony Williams at his most insane. Guest spot by Karl Sanders! Love this record.

3. Sothis EP (www.sothis.us). Our local black-metal rippers, named after an Egyptian astral goddess, take infinite care with their tools, from their cunningly balanced song structures to their leather & steel regalia. You want spikes? They got spikes.

4. Isis, Oceanic: Remixes & Reinterpretations (Hydra Head). Though the midtempo meditation of the original 2002 texture slab laid down by these L.A.-via-Boston rockers was masterful, last year’s two-CD abstraction thereof (a repackaging of four vinyl EPs on Robotic Empire) makes you want to drop your rifle and smoke kif till doomsday.

5. Dub Gabriel, Bass Jihad (Azra). Keep smokin’. Good title, too. Nobody spins Middle Eastern loop music quite as hypnotically as this East Coast DJ.

6. Jon Hassell, Maarifa Street: Magic Realism 2 (Nyen). Except maybe, y’know, the guy who virtually invented the form. Loops and samples made out of old loops and samples, yet different in all the details. Kind of like humans.

7. Éthiopiques 19: Mahmoud Ahmed 1974, Alèmyé (Buda Musique). Film albino Jim Jarmusch tapped the amazing Éthiopiques reissue series for the soundtrack to last year’s Broken Flowers. His choice was “Mulatu Astatqe,” from way back at Éthiopiques 4, but this latest Mahmoud Ahmed nugget, with its cyclic thud, woozy horns and droning Vox organ, is just as good: North Africans imitating us imitating them at a time when OPEC’s embargo against nations that supported Israel against Egypt in the 1973 Yom Kippur War caused mile-long lines for 55-cent-a-gallon gas. Those were the days.

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/06/07/culture-burk.php

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The Wire magazine review on Dub Gabriel's "Bass Jihad"

dubgabriel — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:18:34 GMT

The Wire
Issue 261, November 2005

If 2003’s Ascend was bass heavy, then this time around Dub Gabriel drags every other element up in the mix to create a massively dense sound that hovers between the incomparable Mutamassik and the later work of the irreplaceable Muslimgauze. After “War In The Poppy Fields,” with Arad Nasarzadeh chopping out on saz over martial percussion and an obligatory Gnawa-style flute loop, it starts getting serious. “Zooklyn” is a big pan-Arabian street parade with elephantine percussion and clashing outsize cymbals – a slow, deliberate lurch towards the rest of the album’s feast.
Dub Gabriel’s concerns are more cultural than the consistently highly defined political focus of his sonic mentor Bryn Jones – hence the dedication to the major Sufi poet of divine love, Jalaluddin Rumi, on the major album’s most lyrical and meditative cut, “Rumi Go Through Me.” But the monstrous short organ drone that opens and threads through the densely textured “Garden In The Light In The Shade Of Grey” scores the greatest impact on the set, while triggering a surely impossible longing to hear Terry Riley in Dub.

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State of Bengal, Karsh Kale, Dhamaal + More : Only 10$!!

janaka — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:53:18 GMT

Hello All! :)

This is our last WORLDLY-esque show till March '06 (at the earliest). If you have been to our productions at 1015 Folsom you will have experienced some of the uniqueness that we strive to bring to each show. Months of work go into these productions and even more so for this show since this is the last one of 2005.

The show is only 10$ with a print out or flyer!
http://www.dhamaalsf.com/Worldly/kollektivticket.pdf

Music and Video from Karsh Kale, Janaka Selekta , Chebiji and Skip Intro
http://www.dhamaalsf.com/Worldly/worldly_1.html

Friday, November 11th , 2005

the launch party of
www.kollektivmusic.com

Kollektiv: SF
. the sound of breaking ground .

Featuring Special Guest:
STATE OF BENGAL (anokha, sounds of the asian underground, uk)

With Kollektiv Residents:
KARSH KALE (electronic tabla set)
JANAKA SELEKTA (dhamaal)
MANEESH THE TWISTER (dhamaal)

World Breaks Room
SOULSALAAM (hypnomadic)
DJ DRAGONFLY (groove garden)
WOLFIE (mutaytor)

Dance Performances
Dhol Rhythms (Bhangra Troupe)
Plus Jimmy Love (Non Stop Bhangra)

@ DNA Lounge / 375 Eleventh St. @ Folsom

$10 with flyer or printout / $15 at the door

Live Audio + Video Webcasts!
www.dnalounge.com/audio/
www.dnalounge.com/cam/

www.dnalounge.com
www.dhamaalsf.com

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KOLLEKTIV: NYC Friday 11/11 feat. Madame Mercury + Uncle Bubble

dk_aka_bollygirlNYC — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 02:00:03 GMT

Kollektiv: NYC
. the sound of breaking ground .

The multi-city Kollektiv event reconvenes with it's New York
groundbreakers at the plush Leopard Lounge, for yet another blend of the freshest electronica on the map collected from their travels to Burning Man, San Diego, Toronto, Chicago and beyond.

This momentous nite will host a bi-coastal event with State of Bengal kickin' off the SF launch of Kollektiv alongside founder Karsh Kale + resident Janaka Selekta (Dhamaal) + more.

Kollektiv NY residents DK aka BollygirlNYC (Gen-Om/AVAAZ) + DimmSummer (Ethnotechno) welcome this month's special guests, Madame Mercury dropping sheer breakbeat madness + Uncle Bubble (aka Ming of Ming+FS) bringin the Hell's Kitchen sound for maximum dancefloor devastation. Don't miss it!

Special Guest-NY:
Madame Mercury (Mad-Wax/NYCBreaks)
www.madamemercury.com
+
Uncle Bubble (aka MING of Ming+FS)
www.mingandfs.com

Featuring residents:
DK aka bollygirlNYC
DIMMSUMMER

@ Leopard Lounge / Sin Sin (upstairs)
85 2nd Avenue @ 5th Street
Entrance on 5th Street
212.253.2222 / Subway: F, V at 2nd Ave

- doors open @ 10 PM :: $7 cover -

www.kollektivmusic.com/
tribes.tribe.net/kollektiv

---

. Upcoming Kollektiv Nationwide Dates .
11/11 . Kollektiv San Francisco @ DNA Lounge with State of Bengal, Karsh Kale, Janaka Selekta + More

11/16 . Kollektiv Chicago @ Sonotheque with Karsh Kale, DJ Warp, Radiohiro, Dhakfu, Jamoflage

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KollektivChicago Nov16, Karsh Kale-Tablatronics

radiohiro — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:06:39 GMT

Kollektiv Chicago's Sonotheque Debut

Wednesday, November 15th

Bombay Beatbox presents...
KOLLEKTIV CHICAGO

featuring a DJ set and live Tablatronics by
KARSH KALE
(Realize, Tabla Beat Science)
and
DJ WARP
RADIOHIRO

-Mind Numbing visualz from: Baseshot Scenario and 3PHASE
-Opening groove: DJ Dhakfu
-live darbuka by Jamoflage (jamoflage.com)

Sonotheque, 1444 W. Chicago Ave. CHICAGO USA
312-226-7600

Mo' info:
ww.kollektivmusic.com
www.radiohiro.com (free music downloads)
www.sonotheque.org
www.tribes.tribe.net/kollektiv

"In a space where cultures collide and wires cross, there is no place for definitions. When traditions are unbound and twisted up with fresh meaning. When ideas cross-pollinate to create new refrains, it is a kollektiv process. From raag infused breakbeats and global electronica, to beat laden rock and hip hop, Kollektiv ignites the dancefloors everywhere it lands"

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DJ Rekha in Chicago 10-19-05

radiohiro — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:31:41 GMT

Bombay Beatbox presents...
DJ Rekha
basement bhangra/bollywood disco NYC

and selectors DJ Warp and RADIOHIRO

live visualz by Baseshot Scenario and 3PHASE
and DJ Dhakfu

Wednesday October 19th , 21 + , $8 door
Sonotheque
1444 W. Chicago Ave.
Chicago USA
312.226.7600

www.sonotheque.net
www.radiohiro.com
www.basementbhangra.com

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Tell me you'd love a dose of Breakbeats and Ragga Treats!

SOULSALAAM — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 07:43:48 GMT

That's what you'll get...Friday, October 14th, 2005 @ DNA Lounge, SF

Dhamaal & Future Juju present BREAKDOWN
A night of Breakbeat, Dancehall, Grime, & Ragga Vibes!

San Francisco welcomes AL-HACA SOUNDSYSTEM featuring MC RQM (Klein Records, Germany) for their very first stateside appearance. Al-Haca brings a fresh sound that is rocking bass-cabinet sound system culture worldwide. Fusing breakbeats, dub-step, electronica, dancehall and dub with Jamaican ragga and soul vocals, they create a killa dancefloor style uniquely their own!

With several releases out on a multitude of labels, Klein Records, Different
Drummer, Ecco:chamber and Red Bud Recordings, Al-Haca has been it tearing up across Europe. They've collaborated with Vienna's Stereotyp (G-Stone/K7), Jamaican ragga M.C.'s, Daddy Freddy (Aquasky/The Bug), Sizzla, & Lady Saw, with remixes by Peter Kruder (K&D) and Radio Slave.
Al-Haca has shared the bill with: Stereotyp, Sofa Surfers, Peter Kruder, Roni Size, Nicollete, Tosca, Megablast, Jazzanova, Daddy Freddy, M.I.A. and Pressure Drop.
Lending DJ support are SF's finest electronic music and dance crews Janaka Selekta & Maneesh the Twister (Dhamaal), Soulsalaam (Hypnomadic), Smoove (Space Cowboys), A:Dubl (Breakthru), Rhythmystic (Rhythm Society), Ripley (Death$ucker), Kid Kameleon (Shockout, Mashit) & the Urban Momentum Allstars!

DNA Lounge Friday October 14th, 2005 375 11th St, SF 21+ : $10 : 10pm-4am

http://www.kleinrecords.com
http://www.differentdrummer.com
http://www.soulsalaam.com
http://www.dhamaalsf.com

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Impose Magazine review on Dub Gabriel

dubgabriel — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:44:26 GMT

IMPOSE MAGAZINE
Something about Middle Eastern influenced dub gets me. I don’t know what it is exactly, but artists like Bill Laswell, Badawi and Dr. Israel have opened me up to a world of sounds that all fit perfectly in the pocket of a dub reggae beat, and keep me intrigued with every listen. In step Dub Gabriel, a Chicago born bass player and DJ who has been creating music a great majority of his life (including in the Baraka Orchestra alongside the likes of Laswell and Dr. Israel), although proper solo recordings like this seem to be rare. The groove is subdued and relaxed, although it could bump hard when served at a party – something else Dub Gabriel has been known to do. The vibe here is one of a smoky landscape, with his Laswell influences playing a large part in the sound of the bass. It is upfront and in your face, the way any bass player would want it. Layered into the texture are a bevy of world influenced sounds and instruments, including some heavy use of the bazantar, didgeridoo, ney and saz. There are few vocals, and with the exception of the fourth song, “Saaz Remains The Same” (which is all of a minute long), none seem to be performed live, all coming via sample. The layers and textures throughout Bass Jihad are staggering; his thumping beats along with every groove are as unpredictable as they are consistent. A truly remarkable album, a spectacle of percussion and production, and one of the best dub albums of recent memory.
—DE
http://imposemagazine.com/reviews/?p=158

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All About Jazz Magazine review on Dub Gabriel

dubgabriel — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:43:23 GMT

ALL ABOUT JAZZ MAGAZINE
Bass Jihad
Dub Gabriel | Azra Records
By Chris M. Slawecki

Primarily written, performed, and produced by Dub Gabriel, Bass Jihad spans and touches all four corners of the world—if “all four corners” means Jamaica, India, the Middle East, and Brooklyn.

Gabriel begins this mystical electrical journey alongside Ahad Nazarzadeh-Saaz with “War in the Poppy Fields,” a panic of Middle Eastern wind and percussion instruments that drops down into—then yanks the beat back from—spacious reggae chords and echo effects.

All Gabriel’s influences—sitar, electronics, percussion, loops, and scratches—come together in “Saaz Remains the Same,” crashing waves of different musics combining in one cogent piece that is electric and fast-paced like modern life, but also echoes ancient Arabian and African, even Caribbean tribal cultures. “Rumi Go Through Me” constructs from percolating percussion, chirping electronics, sitar, and melodica another evocative soundscape typical of this set.

Along with these exotic electric combinations, Gabriel allows different individual threads to shine through, too. “Musique de L’ame” builds nimble African percussion rhythms into a soft, ambient, almost tender, trance mood. “Dis Song,” featuring Kerac and Dave Hill, Jr., is a turntablist’s dream shredded through with scratches and loops and thumped from underneath by congas and other acoustic percussion.

”Bass is the Place” and “Zooklyn” rock hard, even with their odd-time instrumental breaks and spirited vocal incantations. More funk music than world music, their coiled and thumping beats move slow and lazy but powerfully—like a panther can move. Tough stuff.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=19081

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THUR. IN NYC-DUB GABRIEL W/ MICHAEL FRANTI, KARSH KALE, HASSAN HAKMOUN AND OTHERS!!!!

dubgabriel — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:03:36 GMT

Thursday, September 22
Lonely Planet’s Passport to the World
featuring Michael Franti and Friends

Spirit
530 W 27th Street
New York City
Doors: 7:00pm
Showtime 7:30pm

Tickets: $15 advance, $18 day of show at Ticketmaster locations, online at Ticketmaster.com or charge-by-phone at 212-307-7171 or the Spirit Box Office 212 268 9477 Ages 18 and over

Hey Every one, Join me this Thursday @ Spirit in NYC when I will be doing a set with a great line up w/ Michael Franti and others.
I go on @ 10:15, but get there early and check out the whole night!!

8:00 dj Haj
9:30 Vishal Vaid LIVE w/Karsh Kale
10:15 Dub Gabriel
11:00 Michael Franti
11:30 Michael Franti & Carol C (Si*Se)
11:40 Michael Franti & Haale
11:50 Michael Franti & tbc
12:00 Michael Franti & Hassan Hakmoun
12:20 Michael Franti & Vishal/Karsh
12:40 ENCORE WITH EVERYONE
1:00 Karsh Kale dj Set
2:00 GlobeSonic Sound System

http://blog.myspace.com/dubgabriel
http://people.tribe.net/dubgabriel
http://www.last.fm/user/dubgabriel/
www.dubgabriel.net

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WORLDLY IV : MIDIval Punditz, Cheb i Sabbah, Karsh Kale, Dhamaal + More

janaka — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:56:36 GMT

WORLDLY IV : MIDIval Punditz, Cheb i Sabbah, Karsh Kale, Dhamaal + More

Videos, Tickets & more information:
http://www.dhamaalsf.com/mailer/subswara/worldly_1.html

Main Room
MIDIval PunditZ (Six Degrees)
Cheb I Sabbah (Six Degrees)
Karsh Kale (Six Degrees)
Janaka Selekta + Colonel MC (Dhamaal)
Video DJs Skip Intro & El Diablo (Dhamaal)

Main Stage Dance Performances
Urban Momentum Allstar Dancers:
Breakin', Funk Styles, and Abstract Moves
Dhol Rhythms: Bhangra Dance Troupe

Shabaz Live Lounge
Sukhawat Ali Khan (Sufi Music & Classical Indian)
Indus Ensemble (Classical Indian Orchestra)
Ferhan Qureshi (Tabla)
With support by DJ Motion Potion (the Fringe)

World Breaks Room
Laird (Get YER Freak on)
Maneesh the Twister (Dhamaal)
Soulsalaam (Hypnomadic)
A:Dubl (Breakthru)
Derek Beres (Globesonic)
Amar (Electric Vardo)

Space Transformation : Glory STGO
Fine Art : NYoMI

Sept 16, 2005
1015 Folsom @ 6th Street
(The best sound, lights and video)
10pm-6am : Bhangra Lessons with Vicki Vick @ 10pm Sharp
21+ : Limited $10 : $15 with Print Out : $20 @ Door

Presale Tickets Available
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=94401

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NY: Body Temple's EarthDance 2005 - Sept. 17

Zohar Zemach — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 18:26:42 GMT

EarthDance - The Global Festival for Peace.
Uniting over 150 cities in 50 countries around
the world into one giant party.

Join Body Temple for the New York EarthDance.
www.bodytemple.info/event.html

With a lineup that will keep you dancing and wowing
all night long. The lineup includes:
* DJ Nickodemus (Turntables on the Hudson)
* DJ Fabian Alsultany (GlobeSonic)
* The Love Intelligence Group VJs
* Fire Fly Dance - Aerial Dance & Cirque Nouveau
* BellyBliss - Neo-Tribal BellyTrance Dance
* Grupo Capoeira Brasil
* The Bio Tour Bus
* Hooper Girl
* Egyptian Body Work
* The Body Temple Drummers

This promises to be a very memorable night.
Check out the full details on the web site, where you can
also secure your participation with an advance ticket at
a reduced admission:
www.bodytemple.info/event.html

Also check out on the web site how you can receive a free CD from Putumayo World Music when you get your ticket for the full Body Temple EarthDance event with TranceDance (from 7:30 PM): www.bodytemple.info/event.html

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10/3-DUB GABRIEL LAST NY SHOW W/ FRANCOIS K. @ CEILO-ALSO D.G. 33RD BIRTHDAY PARTY!!!

dubgabriel — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 23:06:09 GMT

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3RD
DEEP SPACE
FEATURING
FRANCOIS K & DUB GABRIEL
(Dub Gabriel’s 33rd Birthday as well as D.G. moving
to Berlin party-Last D.G. show in New York)
@
CEILO
18 Little West 12th Street NYC
between Washington Street and Greenwich Street.
9pm doors
$10
www.deepspacenyc.com

Also, Pick up the latest issue of Resonance Magazine
(www.resonancemag.com) with Danger Mouse on the cover
for a 2 page feature on Dub Gabriel.

Check out where Dub Gabriel will be hosting his new
residence in Berlin Germany starting Nov. 2005
(www.goya-berlin.de)
This former Opera House turned club will be the
largest club in Germany and one of the largest in
Europe

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NYC-9/22DUB GABRIEL W/ MICHAEL FRANTI, HASSAN HAKMOUN, KARSH KALE, VISHAL VAID, CAROL C (SI*SE), HAALE, GLOBE SONIC & DJ HAJ

dubgabriel — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 23:04:30 GMT

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22nd
Lonely Planet Tour
Featuring Michael Franti & Friends

(Michael Franti, Hassan Hakmoun, Karsh Kale, Vishal
Vaid,
Carol C (si*se), Haale, Dub Gabriel, Globe Sonic, DJ
Haj)
@
SPIRIT
530 W 27TH ST., NYC
7PM DOORS
18 &UP
$15
tickets available @ www.ticketmaster.com

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3RD
DEEP SPACE
FEATURING
FRANCOIS K & DUB GABRIEL
(Dub Gabriel’s 33rd Birthday as well as D.G. moving
to Berlin party-Last D.G. show in New York)
@
CEILO
18 Little West 12th Street NYC
between Washington Street and Greenwich Street.
9pm doors
$10
www.deepspacenyc.com

Also, Pick up the latest issue of Resonance Magazine
(www.resonancemag.com) with Danger Mouse on the cover
for a 2 page feature on Dub Gabriel.

Check out where Dub Gabriel will be hosting his new
residence in Berlin Germany starting Nov. 2005
(www.goya-berlin.de)
This former Opera House turned club will be the
largest club in Germany and one of the largest in
Europe

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Dhamaal makes Noise in the SF Bay Guardian

Maneesh_Twister — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 23:47:44 GMT

Local illustruous writer and scene-scoper Mark B writes up a nice article about the origins of Dhamaal and the Dhamaal movement in the noise section of the SF Bay Guardian this week.
http://www.sfbg.com/39/49/noise_subcon.html

Really nice to see that S. Asian and World Electronica Breakbeat music is being recognized and actually covered in the mainstream press. Thanks to all the Dhamaal crew and those in the SF music community and beyond that have contibuted to us moving forward!

Check out our next big blockbuster WORLDLY IV Friday 9/16/05 at 1015 Folsom.
More info at: http://www.dhamaalsf.com/mailer/Events.htm

peace & vibes
Maneesh the Twister

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Tribe Name Change -- Please Note

dhruva — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 14:49:11 GMT

Dear Friends -- please note that the tribe previously known as Dhamaal NYC is now called Sub Swara (subswara.tribe.net) to more precisely reflect the event in NYC with which it is linked. Dhamaal is presenting the Sub Swara monthly which launches August 11 at the Sullivan Room. Look forward to seeing you there! Bass- fueled beats, global rhythm and melody, live percussion, and turntablism will be in full effect...

More info coming soon.

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Ink19 review on Dub Gabriel's "Bass Jihad"

dubgabriel — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:12:46 GMT

Dub Gabriel

Bass Jihad

Azra International

"Bass Jihad" uses an approach of understatement and circular rhythms akin to Bill Laswell, Jah Wobble, and Muslimgauze. This is high-end music from the low end of the sonic spectrum. Out of cosmopolitan New York, Dub Gabriel internationalizes his drum-and-bass music with subtle dashes of world music in his hypnotic trance tunes. This album is a nu-dub travelogue taking you on a tonal trip to the streets of Brooklyn, deserts of the Middle East, temples of India, and Jamaican hills. (4)

http://columns.ink19.com/outsight/

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Octopus Magazine (France) review on Dub Gabriel's "Bass Jihad"

dubgabriel — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:03:05 GMT

S’inscrivant dans la tradition du dub «orientaliste» lancée dans les années 90 par Bill Laswell, Muslimgauze, The Rootsman ou l’équipe du label new-yorkais Wordsound (remember Spectre, les compilations Certifed Dope…, etc.), Dub Gabriel montre, avec Bass Jihad, qu’il pourra légitimement prétendre, dans un avenir proche, intégrer le clan des meilleurs spécialistes des musiques ethno-futuristes. Au titre particulièrement provocateur (il est vrai que les sons du jihad se font, de nos jours, particulièrement assourdissants…), ce deuxième opus expédie l’auditeur illico presto vers un lieu imaginaire où se côtoient conteurs de la place Jemaa El Fna de Marrakech et DJs des sound systems des faubourgs de Kingston ("War in the Poppy Fields", "Rumi Go Through Me", "Saaz Remains the Same"). Moins abrasif mais probablement plus désespéré que celui de Muslimgauze (est-ce possible ?), le dub ésotérique de Bass Jihad, ne dédaignant pas quelques incursions hip-hop ("Tales of One Man’s Trials", "History"), dépeint un monde post-apocalyptique. Où le ciel s’est mué en brouillard orange et où adeptes du rastafarisme, fakirs urbains et derviches contaminés, réduits au silence par un imposant masque à gaz, ne disposent plus que d’un –maigre– arsenal : un mur d’enceintes, vecteurs de l’hypnose et de la transe. Le salut viendra-t-il de la bass music ?

http://www.octopus-enligne.com/template.php?css=sommaire&page=oursinsc&num=298

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Weekly Planet (Florida) Feature on Dub Gabriel

dubgabriel — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:58:11 GMT

Living Large
Gabe Freedman ditched Tampa for a Massive success in Brooklyn.

BY SCOTT HARRELL

After doing time in such well-known Bay area acts as Barely Pink and Magadog, Chicago-born, Tampa-grown bassist Gabe Freedman moved north and burrowed into the now insanely hip Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. He emerged as DJ/producer/warehouse-party host Dub Gabriel, and has since earned a worldwide reputation for both his Brooklyn Massive events and his reggae- and Middle Eastern-influenced output.

As his sophomore solo effort Bass Jihad hits critics' desks to considerable acclaim, he talks about his life since leaving Tampa, and how New York City got him off his ass.

When you were living down here, you were known primarily as a live-band bass player. Can you pinpoint when your interests began to skew more toward production?

The production stuff was starting to get interesting back in Tampa, when Martin [Klein, owner of Housequake Studios] had his studio. I would sneak into there. I definitely didn't refine my chops, but whatever, [I started learning] while I was living [in the studio].

But after Magadog, and touring and doing all that with eight to 10 guys, to sort of do your own thing, it seemed alluring. I loved the whole experience, but it sort of exhausted me 'cause we were really pushing it, a lot of guys with different personalities on the road being super-poor. So I came up here, and I just tapped into a good circle of people who were making beats, doing bedroom production.

Was there a point when you realized you just weren't being fulfilled by "the band thing?"

I still love doing projects from time to time. It was more out of … I was in a new city, and trying to find out who I was, developing my own sound. Being in a band is the best thing and the worst thing at the same time. It's a relationship, there is compromise, all those elements. I love the bass and it's my main instrument. But I had to figure out who I was to remain creative. And it's very difficult to have a band in New York. Any decent musician is going to be in five different projects. It's so much easier in Florida.

When did you head up to New York?

The beginning of '98. I'm in my eighth year here, which is crazy to think about. Time flies.

Were you aware of this sort of new-dub, World Beat-influenced scene beforehand?

I knew a little bit about it. I give a lot of credit to things like WMNF and Vinyl Fever and [Tampa Bay-based concert promoter] No Clubs. Through working at Vinyl Fever, I'd get exposed to stuff like Bill Laswell, Material's Hallucination Engine. But I didn't know the extent of it.

How did you first begin to assimilate yourself into that scene? I remember hearing that you were doing a live drum 'n' bass thing with [fellow Tampa expatriate] John Roberts…

That was actually after I got connected. One of my first friends here was Professor Shehab, this Persian producer who would work with Laswell, and his studio used to be right down from my place. Now it's in New Jersey, but you used to see Bootsy Collins hanging out on the corner.

I was working at a drum 'n' bass label, just being a bass player, and starting to do the production stuff. But I kept getting offered DJ gigs, and in New York, money talks. So between whatever records I had and raiding the label's records, I started doing stuff at, like, Limelight.

Then John moved up. By that time I was already collaborating with Shehab, doing beats and remixes. And I wanted to do a live project. It was great when [Roberts] moved up.

We did some really cool things. Back at that time, Williamsburg wasn't very developed. We started doing the warehouse party thing, totally DIY, doing stuff with Dr. Israel and Boogie Down Productions. It just sort of spun out from there. I haven't worked a day gig since. I'm just hustling it, for better or worse.

Tell me about the Brooklyn Massive events.

That's what spun out of the early warehouse parties. It was supposed to be multimedia, multicultural parties. We've done over 500 events since I started it up. This year will be the second year we're doing a showcase at CMJ Marathon. It's been awesome. I've done 'em everywhere, The Knitting Factory, Tonic, Limelight, parties in L.A. and San Francisco and Berlin and Warsaw, combining with other people in other places.

It's just basically trying to make an event I would want to go to. There's a million things going on in New York, but it's a little different. In Tampa, because there's not as much going on, people still get excited about going to a show. I hardly ever go to concerts now, and I used to get so excited about going to concerts.

Do you have other regular live-appearance duties just now?

I did stuff for three years at Kush Lounge; I was Creative Director over there and got it going. It's this hookah lounge-like place over on the Upper East Side. A lot of interesting people come out now, like DJ Spooky. It's become sort of a haven for that kind of stuff. I've been doing that, and I've done residencies just about everywhere in town. But right now, I'm trying to do some touring and one-off stuff. When you do the regular thing, it gets exhausting.

Your first solo album, Ascend, came out on Baboon Records, and your new one, Bass Jihad, is out on Azra. What's up with your label with Professor Shehab, Baraka Foundation?

Baboon's what Baraka Foundation turned into. We did 40-something releases with Baraka, and then six so far with Baboon. It's just been such a shitty economy since 2001, now I'm letting someone else put out my records. Running a label is a hard-working gig.

Now that Bass Jihad is finished, what's on the agenda?

I just finished the third record, actually. I'm doing a lot of press for Bass Jihad. Just finished a project called Bamboo Brothers with another producer and that's being mastered. It's really good, it combines World and dub with vintage key stuff - Hammond B3, Rhodes piano. It's a funkier album.

And just touring. I found out an hour ago I'm doing three shows in eight days - Montreal, Berlin. I actually might be moving to Berlin in the next couple of months. There's a club that's going to open up over there, and they want me for a residency.

So now that you're an international superstar DJ, are you ready to move back to Tampa and just chill out?

I'm ready, man. You know how it is. It's a love-hate relationship, it doesn't matter where the fuck you are. I dig on Tampa so much. It's like anything, there are things that make you glad you're not there and things that you miss about not being there. The easier, more laid-back lifestyle is such a great thing, but sometimes it's hard to get motivated, focused. Up here, I had to do it in order to survive.

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Indian Electronica feature on Dub Gabriel (The White Guy!)

dubgabriel — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:56:36 GMT

That white man. In NYC.
What are we to think of the white man who deftly weaves eloquent Tabla phrases over break beats, or the Puerto Rican Jazz dancer who incorporates Bharatanatyam moves into hybrid choreography, or the rap producer who samples an old Bollywood favorite into a bumping Hip hop track?..
The stifling political correctness of the 1990’s would have us point our fingers and cry out “appropriation” with all the self-righteousness an exploited minority can muster, but the days when such accusations held any kind of power are fading fast. In a world rapidly growing more connected, cultures overlap everywhere, and each and every one of us is a mishmash of international flavors and assorted styles. It is the mark of a truly cosmopolitan consciousness that enables people to incorporate elements from a diverse variety of traditions into their aesthetic, but it is surprisingly rare to find an artist who can do so eloquently without overstepping their creative license. With the recent release of his second album “Bass Jihad”, Brooklyn’s Dub Gabriel demonstrates that ethnic music and electronica are not discrete genres but are in fact intertwined development lines that are destined to coalesce as organic instruments and digital machines grow increasingly integrated in the work of progressive musicians everywhere.

Album: Ascend
Who is Dub Gabriel? Exactly what kind of artist puts out an album under the loaded moniker of “Bass Jihad”? 2003 marked the appearance of “Ascend,” Dub Gabriel’s first solo album on Baboon Records, but he has been an active player on New York City’s music scene for far longer. As a working element of groups such as the Samsara Sound System and the Qaballa Steppers, and a collaborator with such talented producers as Bill Laswell and Dr.Israel, Gabriel has been at the forefront of a fresh wave of reggae-infused electronica emerging out of New York City in recent years. There is an evolving aesthetic emerging from this group of artists, a sound that weaves Middle Eastern rhythms, Asian and African instrumentation, Jamaican DJ techniques, and Drum n’ Bass breaks together into a distinct cosmopolitan blend that cannot be pigeonholed into any one genre or category. Dub Gabriel’s music evokes a vivid landscape of earthy urban hues, providing a densely textured audio portrait of the vibrant multicultural bazaar that is the borough of Brooklyn.
Both “Bass Jihad” and “Ascend” are albums with a shifting center of gravity, whose locus moves from the Arab world to the east Indies and beyond, over the course of the records and sometimes even within a single track. The BPMs migrate as well, moving from slow dubbed out mood pieces to haunting jungle anthems, with mid-tempo break beat explorations and dark instrumentals crafting a consistently ominous ambiance. These are not necessarily pleasant records, in the sense of suggesting a happy audio environment, but they are adroit demonstrations of production techniques and the songs are abstract enough in tone that the listener is left to draw their own conclusions from the experience of the music. Regardless of the emotional content of the music, the structures of the tracks themselves are quite interesting.

Dub Gabriel is online - catch him at http://www.dubgabriel.net
Visit Derek Beres' Global Beat Fusion to check out more photos of Dub Gariel chillin in Brooklyn, and umm, hanging with his dog.
You can check out Dub Gabriel’s “Bass Jihad” on XM Satellite Radio’s great station “Dubwise” as well as buy the new Dub Gabriel album @ amazon.com or digitally on I-Tunes!!
Through all the songs there is a masterful deployment of reverb washes and careful echo effects that is rooted in the way Jamaican DJs rewind records in heavily delayed spin-backs. Dub Gabriel’s stylized use of these techniques is flawless, and these recordings are dripping “wet” with thick layers of reverb coloring every element in the mix. The few vocals to be found on the album are sparse and filtered through similar delays and plug-ins, which makes both records mind-altering voyages through dubbed out refrains and loopy riffs. Some of the highlights on these disks include the way the wind instruments have been recorded, which lends an airy quality to the tracks and lets the arrangements they appear in breathe and feel spacious. The panning schemes are also incredibly elaborate and each element is deliberately positioned in the mix for a very specific impact within the vast panoramas of stereo surround sound. Beats move back and forth, voices sweep from left to right, abrasive textures migrate to the forefront and then recede, all of which make these records a guilty pleasure to listen to through headphones. What sounds good in closed speakers also translates incredibly well on club systems, and spinning these tracks out fills rooms with a deep, tangible sense of being part of a moving, living landscape. This is painstakingly constructed music rooted in a vantage point that makes anyone who hears it perk up their ears.

Album: Bass Jihad
The first time I listened to “Bass Jihad” was at my useless corporate day job, at the tail end of a long day, after 5 pm had come and gone and I found myself still tied to my desktop laboring over unfinished documents. As the pensive, brooding bass line to “Musique De L’Ame” kicked through my desktop computer’s lone speaker, the cleaning guy came by to empty my trash, and stood transfixed at my door for a good few minutes listening to the track unfold its surreal magic. “What kind of music is THAT?” The curious, intrigued expression on his face said it all. “I don’t know,” I answered, “It’s world beat electronica, the album’s called ‘Bass Jihad.’” He looked at me with raised eyebrows, listened for a little bit longer, obviously enchanted, and then turned and went on his way. Everyone who I’ve since shared the disk with has said something along the same lines, which seems to validate the power of this album to draw attention to itself. For Dub Gabriel, a low-end theorist on a holy war to transform the world with bass, this record is a distinguished sophomore effort from what promises to be a long and stellar career.

http://indianelectronica.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=234&Itemid=117

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Dub Gabriel on Afropop

dubgabriel — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:54:42 GMT

“I would hear punk bass which was more head frequencies, and then they would drop into dub and that was totally chest frequencies,” Dub Gabriel told me in a 2004 interview, regarding his musical upbringing. “That made me totally rethink the bass. I experienced it in a different way. It was the vibration, you could feel it in the chest, it was like a chakra hit.”

Pulling from aforementioned punk/dub roots, factoring in a longtime inquiry into Eastern and Middle Eastern philosophies and swirling them into a Brooklynite tendency toward experimental fusion, the result is Bass Jihad. Dub Gabriel’s second solo independent release (following ‘03’s Ascend) continues his unique blending of Moroccan and Arabic instrumentation into a digitally textured, dubbed-out head experience. From the heart, of course.

More than a meeting ground of theory and music, Gabriel’s dissertation is sonic. Heavily influenced by Gnawa ritual, the commonality is trance-like repetition. Bassist by trade, he uses the four-string bass as a Western sintir, finding penetrating grooves to ride out a full six minutes while sprinkling higher-pitched layers along the journey. Thus a circumnavigating low-end, filled out by sharp percussion and, on occasion, digeridoo (“ Garden of Light in the Shade of Grey”), is pierced by saz, ney, santur and mizmar. Just because he deals in loops and spiral does not make improvisation irrelevant.

The opening cut, “War in the Poppy Fields,” propels you in the midst of his aural jihad, exploring a dissonant mizmar set into a palate of rolling percussive stabs. Drums lead the way on “Zooklyn” as he finds a fuzzy hip-hop cadence to pronounce his predatory existentialism. On “Rumi Go Through Me” Gabriel draws a slow conga-led circle to draw the listener in. Above this the santur and melodica play harmonies off one another, a rather interesting partnership that completely works; he might consider changing the title to “West of the River Ganges.”

Trance is heavy on “Musique de L’âme.” Bass Jihad’s slowest number is a mindbender that’s as seductive as sedating. Gabriel borrows heavily from Bill Laswell’s bass-up-front mentality, coaxing the earpods to a seven-minute sprawl of head-nodding hypnotism. By the end you’ve realized your head has been nodding “yes” the entire time. This sort of bass transfixion closes the record on “Second Coming of the Urban Mystic.” Featuring the bazantar, a five-string acoustic bass featuring 29 sympathetic strings and four drones, Gabriel went to the source for inspiration: inventor Mark Deutsch joins in and creates a musical conundrum of hallucinatory effects. The final effect is splendid.

“A lot of my music stems from a personal spiritual search,” Gabriel said. “Music is the essence of the celebration of God, and it should always be. The first person you should be performing for is God. You tap into that and that’s it. It’s like ‘OK, I’ve tapped into my sacrifice, now time to tap into my bliss.’ I’m not trying to bullshit that I’m this spiritual whatever. I’m still a kid who grew up liking Jane’s Addiction and come from dude culture. I’m not trying to come off as anything different than I am. But I do think that whatever I do I need to do it right.”

Featuring some of the most intriguing song titles filled out with the gusto to match, Bass Jihad is a search and a destination, a questioned answer and answered question. Whatever Dub Gabriel is doing, it sounds just right.

http://www.afropop.org/explore/album_review/ID/2708/Bass%20Jihad

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Dub Gabriel review on Sonomu.net

dubgabriel — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 01:53:04 GMT

The second solo release by Dub Gabriel is a heady, bin-shaking brew. Having "interned" with Bill Laswell, Professor Shehab and other leading lights of the "Crooklyn Dub" sound, Gabriel emerged a couple of years ago with a fully-fledged, unique style on Ascend. His sophomore effort, Dub Jihad, only proves that his wings continue to bear him aloft.

The edge is often taken off heavy electronic beats by pairing them with tablas and other acoustic percussion, and the bass is always thick and juicy. Gabriel´s inspiration has been culled not only from Williamsburg and Jamaica, but also the Subcontinent and the Middle East, as a survey of his sidemen´s instruments would indicate - bazantar, ney, saz. However, he puts it all together with totally Western technology and software.

Nevertheless, there is nary a heartless, cold sound here. A clever producer, Gabriel conjures a swirling, kalaidescopic world, mixing up jamming sitars and an African beat with sampled German smalltalk; slow, illbient beats underpinning drifting qawwali moans and ghostly, Nils Petter Molvaer-like trumpet; and heavy organ saturating the sound over which meek wind instruments struggle to make themselves heard. And just for fun, an MC is thrown into the mix a couple of times, too.

Intoxicating, living, breathing dub which embraces the world. Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 09:30, 14 Jul 2005

http://sonomu.net/text/~dub-gabriel-bass/

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BBC Radio 1 Premiere of Dhruva's Asian Dub Foundation Remix Today!!

dhruva — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 16:35:53 GMT

Today (07.13), BBC Radio 1's Bobby Friction and Nihal will be featuring Dhruva’s (from Dhamaal) remix of the mighty Asian Dub Foundation’s “Warring Dhols” taken from their latest album, Tank (9PM-11PM UK time) .

The “Supah Charge” Remix takes the track into new territories of tempo and squelching bass while paying sincere homage to ADF, pioneers in hard-hitting, bin-shaking politically conscious Asian sounds. Tune in and check it out!

Don’t worry if you miss the live broadcast as the show will be up for a week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/urban/bobbyandnihal/

Also, stay tuned for the full rundown on Get Worldly (July 29th in SF) and the launch of Dhamaal NYC (August 11)! Keep it locked...

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Absolute Elsewhere Electronica Internet Stream

Primitiv — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:14:01 GMT

ThanX to those who tuned in Saturday night..we featured 3 cuts from Dub's new CD and some other related music. Thanks also for the comment about hearing psytrance for the first time ! : ) !

Peace thru Sound,

dj johnny primitiv

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Billboard Magazine review on Dub Gabriel's "Bass Jihad"

dubgabriel — Tue, 24 May 2005 14:14:52 GMT

ARTIST: DUB GABRIEL

ALBUM: BASS JIHAD

Bass-playing producer/DJ Dub Gabriel is a Chicago native whose well-documented love of reggae may well constitute the seedbed of his creativity. But as "Bass Jihad" makes obvious, he is way beyond any single influence. His tracks variously bring to mind moments of Trans-Global Underground, Trilok Gurtu, Tabla Beat Science, Thievery Corporation, Bill Laswell, Brian Eno and the more chilled elements of Asian Underground. But "Bass Jihad" overlays these influences with Gabriel's distinctive flair. Drawing freely from ambient, lounge, minimalism, dub reggae and aggressive electronica, his ideas are as unpredictable as they are seductive.

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Glide Magazine Review

dubgabriel — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:50:19 GMT

Dub Gabriel
Bass Jihad
Simon Cohn
Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Picture a post-apocalyptic Brooklyn rooftop, somewhere in the not-too-distant future. The scene is drenched in a smog-orange sunset haze as a large spaceship, bristling with speakers and pumping bass like a soundsystem truck from 1970s Kingston touches down. The spectacle attracts a dusted assemblage of Rastafarian monks and Bedouin shamans, coming out of the woodwork to call our collective ancestors like they’ve done since the beginning of time. This is close to the scene evoked by the music on Bass Jihad, the second major effort by the resident Brooklyn DJ/producer/mad scientist Dub Gabriel.

Like Bill Laswell, whose Material project served as an early inspiration, Dub Gabriel makes trance music in the most traditional sense. Esoteric, organic time-signatures are woven together with cosmic drones, soaring ambient textures and a global fusion of indigenous instruments, taking the listener on a deep rhythmic trip. Production-wise, the eleven tracks on Bass Jihad represent a vast improvement on the Gabe’s sonically ambitious first album Ascend, the vision of which is fully realized here with industrial, spacey, trance-inducing dub drenched in layers of echo and reverb. The sound is ancient. From the opening “War in the Poppy Fields,” the listener is dropped right into the mix, with little introduction or warning of what’s to come.

Dub Gabriel’s musical sensibility is firmly rooted in middle-eastern styles and on the album’s best tracks, deftly played percussion, string and reed instruments twang and float over mountainous, distorted drum rhythms so funky it takes at least a few listens to grasp it. Always present underneath it all is the bass, either filtered to sound like an electrified udu (a north-african drum resembling a long-necked clay pot and ringing with earthy, metallic tones) or adding twisting, liquid squelches in the space between beats. Mostly it is of the sub-sonic variety, providing that deep resonance found in traditional Jamaican nyabinghi chants - the kind you feel in your bones or in your soul.

On the hypnotic “Saaz Remains the Same” the music does battle with what sounds like the prattle of German tourists. But if the title didn’t make it clear, the music does: Gabe and company are all business here, on a mission to take you on some serious sonic journeys. This isn’t background music. “Bass is the place” brings the first half of the album to a soft descent, and that’s where things get really interesting. As the shimmering synths of “Bass” fade out like gentle waves we’re suddenly hit with a towering tsunami – a three-note organ drone set off by a low, gurgling didg drone that takes over the listener completely. The drums hit four bars in and we’re launched into orbit. This is “The Garden of Light,” probably Bass Jihad’s most stunning moment. The ancient sounds of the ney, a bamboo flute older than memory soar over everything, evoking the wide open expanse of a Himalayan plateau, or the mountains of Venus. “Rumi Go Through Me” lands us back on earth, still starry-eyed, with Gabriel channeling Augustus Pablo over a slow staccato percussion and majestic dubbed-out bass rhythm.

Taking the album out in style is the 15-minute “Return of the Urban Mystic,” confirming Bass Jihad as future trance music of the highest order. It’s not your everyday musical diversion, but like anything worth your time it rewards repeated listens in the right state of mind.
http://www.glidemagazine.com/2/reviews834.html

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JAH WORKS REVIEW ON DUB GABRIEL'S "BASS JIHAD"

dubgabriel — Wed, 25 May 2005 05:03:39 GMT

JAHWORKS.ORG
Dub Gabriel: Bass Jihad, Azra Records, 2005
www.azrarecords.com

Rating: A

I should not like this as much as I do. My love of interesting sounds is usually tempered by a distaste for noisy or droning sounds. This has some of all three, but the interesting parts prevail, and as I have to admit, it’s all musical. Maybe it was the warm, handsome, intriguing packaging that seduced me; it might have put me in such a great mood that I was ready to accept whatever came from the speakers.

What does come from the speakers is as intriguing as the package. Here we have someone, Dub Gabriel by name, who takes delight in exploring his musical ideas at length and concerns himself more with texture, contrast and rhythm than with melody. So this is not dub reggae; this is dubbish musical adventure informed by reggae.

Okay, but you still want to know what Bass Jihad sounds like. Given the title you expect a swirling, percussive Near East flavor to dominate, which at times is true; in fact the first track delivers exactly that. But the next one plunks us suddenly into an elevator shaft connected to a busy factory floor where the workers clang in rhythm as the foreman drones commands, while nearby some women endlessly practice one segment of one bar of a choral arrangement. That’s what I hear, anyway, and I like it.

Skipping several tracks, we encounter what might be a sitar player riffing away during a party, a woman’s not-quite-laugh intruding from the next room as an orchestra proceeds through its pre-concert tuning routine. Later a church organ competes with an airport next door and a rock drummer in the basement. A lighter tone follows, a tapped rhythm accompanying a keyboardist practicing a bird call in a Greek café with Augustus Pablo on the jukebox. The disc ends with 16 minutes of slowly building sound effects, deep bass, deep chanting, Arabic musical structure, and East Indian percussion to a Nyahbinghi rhythm.

With its creative voice sampling, its smart rhythms, its ambiance by turns claustrophobic and spacey, and its complex musical character, Bass Jihad lends itself to a state of wonderment: what in the world is going on? As you can tell, the answer is definitely not easy, but the challenge it presents to the imagination is thoroughly enjoyable.

http://www.jahworks.org/music/cd/boot_box_may_05html.html

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Paste Magazine review on Dub Gabriel's "Bass Jihad"

dubgabriel — Tue, 24 May 2005 14:12:49 GMT

PASTE MAGAZINE
4 stars
Educated in the Laswellian school of bass-heavy
deconstruction,Brooklyn-based
producer/DJ/four-stringer Dub Gabriel returns with
another exploration of Arabic-leaning landscapes tuned
to the sound of his namesake.
A confluence of warlike rhythms (hence the album
title) are ingeniously layered by an analog flurry of
percussion, mizmar(reed pipe) and ney(Turkish flute).
The 11-track record plays like a Kubrickian soundtrack

for future societies where all the world’s instruments
are thrown into one circle and the orgy is conducted
by none other than the archangel Gabriel himself.

DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY
This is my man Dub Gabriel's second solo effort and
again he's got it down. Our hero has worked with Bill
Laswell, Qaballah Steppers, Baraka Orchestra and
Samara Sound System. His first solo disc, 'Ascend'
from last year was one of the few great dub efforts
I've heard in recent memory. He is back again with a
little help from Mark Deutsch on bazantar (an acoustic
bass-like invention), Subluna on didgeridoo, Fred
Stubbs on ney, Ahad Nazarzadeh on saz and a couple of
MC's Young Sand and Khalil. Dub Gabriel is a strong
producer, always doing an enchanting job of layering a
swirling array of exotic percussion, cosmic
snaking-charming double reeds, thick bass and
mesmerizing echoed guitars and keyboards. This swell,
sly music is mostly instrumental, the groove and
ambiance always intoxicating. The occasional vocal
bits are often sampled and used like another tasty
ingredient in this mysterious and delectable stew. Yo
Dub-mon, this sh*t is pretty ripe, supremely righteous
and completely groovy! Word! – BLG
http://search2.downtownmusicgallery.com/Searching/WWW_DMG_Search.cgi#results

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Smother review on Dub Gabriel's "Bass Jihad"

dubgabriel — Tue, 24 May 2005 14:11:35 GMT

SMOTHER.NET
Blending urban sounds of dub with ethnic complex
rhythms, Dub Gabriel’s “Bass Jihad” is a relentless
assault on your body—you will have to dance the entire
length of the album. Personally I love dub, though for
a lot of folks it’s an acquired taste that most
unfortunately aren’t willing to develop. But if you’re
ever interested in hearing some of the best dub out
there you must pick up this essential album. The songs
swirl about in this cerebral musical landscape that
boasts tremendous space while not feeling like it’s
missing something. Production-wise the album is
jaw-dropping with its low-end frequencies perfectly
tweaked for even the worst speakers out there. I can’t
complement this album enough; you have to hear it for
yourself!
http://www.smother.net/reviews/techno.php3?ID=316

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All Music Guide review on "Bass Jihad"

dubgabriel — Tue, 24 May 2005 14:07:35 GMT

ALL MUSIC GUIDE
Bass Jihad
Many different things. Electronica can be harsh,
confrontational, abrasive, and in your face; that's
true of techno, which often feels like electronica's
answer to death metal, free jazz, metalcore, or
gangsta rap. But electronica can also be lush, sleek,
ethereal, and dreamy; plenty of chillout and downtempo
recordings fit that description. Or it can be
something as hypnotic as producer Dub Gabriel's work.
Bass Jihad is an ironic title for this 2005 release,
because Gabriel's material doesn't sound anything like
a "jihad," which means "holy war" in Arabic. One could
easily make a case that techno is an "electronic
jihad," but Bass Jihad is far from techno. An ambient
disc with a strong world music influence, Bass Jihad
is all about hypnotizing the listener and putting
him/her in a trancelike state. But Gabriel doesn't
hypnotize in a totally predictable way; this isn't one
of those electronica albums where you have pretty much
heard it all after the first few minutes. Gabriel is
fairly unpredictable, incorporating a variety of world
music; you never know if he's going to incorporate
Arabic, Indian, Asian, or African elements, which is
part of the fun. Gabriel maintains a trance-inducing
ambience from start to finish -- there is a certain
continuity throughout the 68-minute CD -- but for
Gabriel, creating and maintaining a certain type of
atmosphere doesn't mean that every track sounds the
same. None of the material on this album has a
standard verse/chorus/verse/chorus format, and despite
the use of some background vocals, Bass Jihad is
essentially an instrumental album. It is also a
successful demonstration of how electronica and world
music can work together with enjoyable, intriguing
results.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:l8he4j577waw

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global beat fusion book

dubgabriel — Tue, 24 May 2005 13:55:39 GMT

Hey Guys, there is a new book coming out 6/21/5 called “Global Beat Fusion”
It is by writer Derek Beres who has been a long time supporter of World Electronic music.
The book will have a feature interview with Dub Gabriel and even has a chapter named after one of Dub Gabriel’s songs “A Journey with in a Journey”
Besides Dub Gabriel, The book also features: Bill Laswell, Cheb I Sebbah, Krishna Das, Mercan Dede, Karsh Kale, Zakir Hussain, TJ Rhemi, Warsaw Village Band, Omar Sosa, Vishal Vaid, Nickodemus, Chris Annibell and many others.
Check out the info @: http://globalbeatfusion.com/book.htm

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Dub Gabriel in new Billboard Magazine

dubgabriel — Sun, 22 May 2005 18:55:25 GMT

Hey check out this weeks Billboard #22 on a review on Bass Jihad!!!

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DUB GABRIEL NYC RECORD RELEASE PARTY 6/1 JOE'S PUB W/ DR. ISRAEL, DESMOND WILLIAMS, DIGITAL TUBBY, INFINITY AND SUPRISE GUEST!!

dubgabriel — Sat, 21 May 2005 08:12:07 GMT

This promises to be one of the best Dub shows of the year featuring Dr. Israel who is the latest member to join the legendary Praxis with Bill Laswell, DJ Krush, Buckethead & Brain as well as will have a new album coming out soon on Roir Records.
Desmond Williams who has worked with the likes of Dub legend Scientist, Thievery Corporation and his own amazing records.
Digital Tubby, Nephew of the legendary King Tubby and an amazing producer in his own rite bring the Dub Royalty to the next generation.
And Dub Poet Infinity whose work with Francois K in the past 2 years has put him up next to legends like U-Roy and Mutaburuka.
It will be a night not to miss, when we bring a full sonic sound of low-end theories when these Dub Shamans hit the stage at Joe’s Pub.
The new record is now available at www.amazon.com
www.amazon.com/exec/obido.../detail/-/B0008FPJ8K/qid=1115821198/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-1390778-8979832
as well as Downtown Music Gallery
search2.downtownmusicgallery.com/S...hing/WWW_DMG_Search.cgi#results
and fine record shops through out North America.

June 1st
BROOKLYN MASSIVE, AZRA RECORDS & JOE’S PUB
PRESENT
RECORD RELEASE PARTY FOR
DUB GABRIEL
PRESENTING HIS NEW RECORD
“BASS JIHAD”

MUSIC BY
DUB GABRIEL (AZRA RECORDS)
DR. ISRAEL’S BROOKLYN JUNGLE SOUNDSYSTEM (Praxis/Roir Records)
DESMOND WILLIAMS (18TH STREET LOUNGE)
DIGITAL TUBBY (NEPHEW OF KING TUBBY/ROIR RECORDS)

PLUS SPECIAL GUEST
DUB POET INFINITY

SHOW TIME 11PM
$10

JOE’S PUB
@
The Joseph Papp Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street
Between East 4th and Astor Place in
New York's East Village
Call 212.254.1263 for further information

WWW.DUBGABRIEL.NET
WWW.AZRARECORDS.COM
WWW.JOESPUB.COM
WWW.DESMONDWILLIAMS.NET

WHAT THE REVIEWS ARE SAYING!!!!!!!

SMOTHER.NET
Blending urban sounds of dub with ethnic complex rhythms, Dub Gabriel’s “Bass Jihad” is a relentless assault on your body—you will have to dance the entire length of the album. Personally I love dub, though for a lot of folks it’s an acquired taste that most unfortunately aren’t willing to develop. But if you’re ever interested in hearing some of the best dub out there you must pick up this essential album. The songs swirl about in this cerebral musical landscape that boasts tremendous space while not feeling like it’s missing something. Production-wise the album is jaw-dropping with its low-end frequencies perfectly tweaked for even the worst speakers out there. I can’t complement this album enough; you have to hear it for yourself!
www.smother.net/reviews/techno.php3

PASTE MAGAZINE
4 stars
Educated in the Laswellian school of bass-heavy
deconstruction,Brooklyn-based producer/DJ/four-stringer Dub Gabriel returns with another exploration of Arabic-leaning landscapes tuned to the sound of his namesake.
A confluence of warlike rhythms (hence the album
title) are ingeniously layered by an analog flurry of percussion, mizmar(reed pipe) and ney(Turkish flute). The 11-track record plays like a Kubrickian soundtrack
for future societies where all the world’s instruments are thrown into one circle and the orgy is conducted by none other than the archangel Gabriel himself.

DOWNTOWN MUSIC GALLERY
This is my man Dub Gabriel's second solo effort and again he's got it down. Our hero has worked with Bill Laswell, Qaballah Steppers, Baraka Orchestra and Samara Sound System. His first solo disc, 'Ascend' from last year was one of the few great dub efforts I've heard in recent memory. He is back again with a little help from Mark Deutsch on bazantar (an acoustic bass-like invention), Subluna on didgeridoo, Fred Stubbs on ney, Ahad Nazarzadeh on saz and a couple of MC's Young Sand and Khalil. Dub Gabriel is a strong producer, always doing an enchanting job of layering a swirling array of exotic percussion, cosmic snaking-charming double reeds, thick bass and mesmerizing echoed guitars and keyboards. This swell, sly music is mostly instrumental, the groove and ambiance always intoxicating. The occasional vocal bits are often sampled and used like another tasty ingredient in this mysterious and delectable stew. Yo Dub-mon, this sh*t is pretty ripe, supremely righteous and completely groovy! Word! – BLG
search2.downtownmusicgallery.com/S...hing/WWW_DMG_Search.cgi#results

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